Improved composition for the manufacture of tobacco-pipes, stems



elicited swa JAMES R. COLE, O l DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA.

Letters Patent No. 101,101, dated llfarch 22, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame Towll whom it away concern Be it known that I, J AMES R. Cons, ofDemopolis, in the count-y of Marengo and State of Alabama, have inventeda new and useful Composition for the Mannfacture of Tobacco-Pipes,Steins, and Cigar-Holders; and I hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in using paper pulp, such as used inthe papier-mach processes for other purposes, combined with alum orother equivalent material, so as to form a plastic substance, to bemolded into the articles above named.

The following will enable others to make and use my invention.

' I take paper pulp or half-stud, such as made by disintegrating,pulping, or grindingany fibrous plant or product, such as linen, cotton,raniie, wood, or other vegetable fibre. This is made into a pulp oremulsion, and svith it is mixed a solution of alum. The proportion ofalum should be only such as to render the compound non-inflammable. Thepulp is then pressed into molds in the same manner as in making other.papier-mach forms.

I have described here the use of a solution of alum to render thecompound inoombustible, but other salts may be used instead, such as thesoluble silicates of potash and'soda, (water glass,) either alone ormixed with lime, chloride of calcium, sulphate of iron, or other saltwhich will effect a double decomposition,

and render the silicate both insoluble and incombustible.

I prefer to use the ordinary paper pulp, but any vegetable pulp, woodpulp, or wood ground to an impalpable powder, may be used instead. Theexact proportions for mixing these materials cannot be given, but can beeasily ascertained by any workman, the object being to form thecomposition so as to be plastic'and capable of being molded, so as toretain any ornamental design which may be put upon it.

Any suitable pigments may be added to th) compound, so as to color it orgive it a variegated or marble appez'irance.

The stem need not be made non-inflammable, and it may be of any length,and so manufactured as to receive the amber, bone, or other mouth-piecemade to screw into it, or made to fit without threads.

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. The improved composition herein described, for making tobacco-pipesand cigar-holders, composed of paper pulp and saline substances, such asthose above named.

2. The new manufactureof a tobacco-pipe, made of I the materials andsubstances as described.

3. The new manufacture of pipe-stems and cigarholders, made of paperpulp, as described.

, JAS. 1t. COLE.

Witnesses Tnos. W. Ronnars, W. I. WHITE.

